Written By: Nick Holmes (@HoosierHolmes)

We are at halftime here at Memorial Stadium and the Hoosiers trail 14-13, but there are plenty of positives to takeaway from the first 30 minutes of action. Indiana's defense held the FIU offense to 165 yards and just five first downs. Also, after starting 9-12 on passing, Panthers quarterback Alex McGough just went 1 of 4 to finish the half.

Some keys to getting a victory is the Hoosiers capitalizing on red-zone opportunities. While they scored on all three visits inside the 20, they only got to the End-Zone once. And while they didn't turn the ball over in the first half, they did put the ball on the turf twice, which they luckily recovered. Also, even though Hoosiers just gave up 165 yards, it was on 24 plays, an average of 6.9 yards, an area to keep an eye on during the final 30.

Now to the second half, we will have plenty more at the conclusion of tonight's exciting match up between the Hoosiers and the Panthers.

  
         Game Stats
      
    FIU 
    IU
    
  Score
  14
  13
  
  First Downs
  5
  15
  
  Rushes-Yards (NET)
  8-22
  31-115
  
  Passing YDS (NET)
  143
  139
  
  Passes Att-Comp-Int
  16-10-0
  19-12-0
  
  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS
  24-165
  50-254
  
  Fumble Returns-Yards
  0-0
  0-0
  
  Punt Returns-Yards
  1-1
  1-9
  
  Kickoff Returns-Yards
  0-0
  3-72
  
  Interception Returns-Yards
  0-0
  0-0
  
  Punts (Number-Avg)
  4-43.5
  1-42
  
  Fumbles-Lost
  0-0
  2-0
  
  Penalties-Yards
  2-19
  2-10
  
  Possession Time
  9:42
  20:18
  
  Third-Down Conversions
  3 of 7
  4 of 10
  
  Fourth-Down Conversions
  0 of 0
  1 of 2
  
  Red-Zone Scores-Chances
  0-0
  3-3
  
    Qtr 
    Time 
    Scoring Play
    V - H
    
  1st
  03:37
  FIU - OWENS, Thomas 21 yd pass from McGOUGH, Alex (TAYLOR, Austin kick), 11-69 4:29
  7 - 0
  
  2nd
  14:55
  IND - OAKES, Griffin 35 yd field goal, 11-56 3:42
  7 - 3
  
  09:11
  IND - OAKES, Griffin 27 yd field goal, 9-72 3:55
 7 - 6
  
  09:00
  FIU - OWENS, Thomas 21 yd pass from McGOUGH, Alex (TAYLOR, Austin kick), 1-75 0:11
  14 - 6
  
  04:54
  IND - SUDFELD, Nate 5 yd run (OAKES, Griffin kick), 11-68 4:06
  14 - 13

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